The Long Drive

Well friends it's that time of year again. Also I'm moving! And there's a total solar eclipse! And the annual company meeting! I'm doing a lot of driving this April haha.

With everything going on I don't think 30 poems is on the table, so here's what we've got:

• A Sonnet every Sunday
• Finish lyrics and main melody for "Town out West," "Something Wrong," and one more song for Chao Mien Western project
• Free song
• A poem for the eclipse
• A haiku each Wednesday
• Free poem

Table of Contents:

Wednesday Haikus:
03 - April Snowstorm
10 - Eclipse Haiku
17 - Big Lightning
24 - Working Again

Sunday Sonnets:
07 - The Long Drive
14 - The Long Move
21 - The Long Adjustment
28 - Settling In

Eclipse Poem:
Cosmic Forces

Free Poem(s):
things I know how to say

Free Song Updates:
Groove Take 1
Intro/Outro Lyrics Take 1
Verse X Take 1
Full Lyrics

Chao Mien Western Progress Updates:
4/2 Update

Warm-Up One | The Parking Lot

The Parking Lot is not a real place.
The Parking Lot can't hurt us.
The Parking Lot does not show up in any room list in my outlook calendar,
nor is it labeled on a map,
nor reservable by mini tablet by the door,

but God,
would that every meeting I didnt have to attend
would be there.

Warm-up Two | blues music in my red car

West-coast-best-coast swing:
slow and smooth, groovin' hard,
body-rolling in the driver's seat,
dreaming choreography until
I jerk the stearing wheel and veer-
jerk back to the street and veer-
and then, again, the chorus line repeats.

Warm-up Three | Team Dinner

Does corporate know? Does corporate even care?
My boss said, "Get dessert, then get a spare."

*from my silly couplet Jam prompt

Warm-up Four | Package at Work

New work computer
Please work, computer
Clean QWERTY keyboard working perfectly computer

Reinstalling programs
Please don't stall, my programs
The brand-new CPU should handle every call and program

New work computer
Please work, computer
Hope you work for longer than my last work computer